Kisah Para Rasul 9:21

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Semua orang yang mendengar hal itu heran dan berkata: "Bukankah dia ini yang di Yerusalem mau membinasakan barangsiapa yang memanggil nama Yesus ini? Dan bukankah ia datang ke sini dengan maksud untuk menangkap dan membawa mereka ke hadapan imam-imam kepala?"

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Semua orang yang mendengar hal itu heran dan berkata: "Bukankah dia ini yang di Yerusalem mau membinasakan barangsiapa yang memanggil nama Yesus ini? Dan bukankah ia datang ke sini dengan maksud untuk menangkap dan membawa mereka ke hadapan imam-imam kepala?"

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Tetapi tercengang-cenganglah sekalian orang yang mendengar dia, lalu berkata, "Bukankah ia ini dia, yang membunuh segala orang yang menyebutkan nama ini di Yeruzalem? Maka ia datang ke mari dengan maksud itu juga supaya dibawanya mereka itu berikat ke hadapan kepala-kepala imam."

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ And there was a certayne disciple at Damascus, named Ananias: & to him sayde the Lorde in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold [I am here] Lorde. ¹¹ And the Lorde sayde vnto hym: aryse, and go into the streate, whiche is called strayght, and seeke in the house of Iudas, after one called Saul, of Tarsus: for beholde he prayeth, ¹² And hath seene in a vision a man named Ananias commyng in to hym, and puttyng his handes on hym, that he myght receaue his syght. ¹³ Then Ananias aunswered: Lorde, I haue heard by many, of this man, how much euyll he hath done to thy saintes, at Hierusalem. ¹⁴ And here he hath aucthoritie of ye hye priestes, to bynde all yt call on thy name. ¹⁵ The Lord sayde vnto hym: Go thy way, for he is a chosen vessell vnto me, to beare my name before the gentiles, & kynges, and the chyldren of Israel. ¹⁶ For I wyl shew hym how great thinges he must suffer for my names sake. ¹⁷ And Ananias went his way, and entred into the house, and put his handes on hym, and sayde: Brother Saul, the Lorde (euen Iesus that appeared vnto thee in the waye as thou camest) hath sent me, that thou myghtest receaue thy syght, & be fylled with the holy ghost. ¹⁸ And immediatly there fell from his eyes as it had ben scales, & he receaued syght foorthwith, and arose, and was baptized, ¹⁹ And receaued meate, and was comforted. Then was Saul certaine dayes with the disciples whiche were at Damasco.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

amazed: Acts 2:6, Acts 2:12, Acts 4:13, Numbers 23:23, Psalms 71:7, Isaiah 8:18, Zechariah 3:8, 2 Thessalonians 1:10, 1 John 3:1

Is not: Acts 3:10, Matthew 13:54, Matthew 13:55, Mark 5:15-20, John 9:8, John 9:9

destroyed: Acts 9:1, Acts 9:2, Acts 9:13, Acts 9:14, Acts 8:3, Galatians 1:13-24

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 10:11 - What is this 1 Samuel 19:24 - Is Saul Mark 1:22 - they were Acts 7:59 - calling Acts 22:4 - I persecuted Acts 26:10 - having 1 Corinthians 1:2 - with

Cross-References

Genesis 6:9
These are the generations of Noah: Noah [was] a iust man, and perfect in his generations: And Noah walked with God.

Genesis 9:3
Euery thyng that moueth it selfe, and that liueth, shall be meate for you, euen as the greene hearbe haue I geue you all thinges.

Genesis 9:4
But flesh in the life therof [which is] the blood therof, shall ye not eate.

Genesis 9:15
And I wyll thinke vpon my couenaunt whiche is betweene me and you, and euery liuing creature in all fleshe: and it shall no more come to passe, that waters make a fludde to destroy all fleshe.

Genesis 9:16
And the bowe shalbe in the cloude, and I wyll loke vpon it, that I may thinke vpon the euerlasting couenaunt, betweene god and euery liuing creature in all fleshe that is vpon the earth.

Proverbs 20:1
Wine maketh a man to be scornefull, & strong drinke causeth a man to be vnquiet: who so delighteth therin shall not be wyse.

Ecclesiastes 7:20
For there is not one iust vpon earth that doth good, and sinneth not.

Romans 13:13
Let vs walke honestly as in the day, not in riotyng & dronkennesse, neither in chaumberyng & wantonnesse, neither in strife and enuying.

1 Corinthians 10:12
Wherfore, let hym that thynketh he standeth, take heede lest he fall.

Galatians 5:21
Enuyinges, murthers, drunkennesse, gluttonies, and such lyke: of the whiche I tell you before, as I haue tolde you in tyme past, that they which do suche thinges, shall not inherite the kingdome of God.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But all that heard him were amazed,.... Not the disciples that believed in Christ, but the unbelievers, as appears from their words:

and said, is not this he that destroyed them that called on this name in Jerusalem? they do not express the name of Christ, out of malice and ill will; which shows who they were that said these words, and were astonished to hear Saul preaching in this name, and proving him to be the Son of God, and the true Messiah; when it was but a little while ago he consented to the death of Stephen, made havoc of the church, wasted and destroyed it as much as was in his power, and persecuted unto death such as called upon the name of Christ, or were called by his name, he could find in Jerusalem: nor did this satisfy him, for it follows,

and came hither, that is, to Damascus,

for that intent, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests: whom he should find professing or invocating the name of Christ, or bearing it; now to see and hear him preach this same name, was surprising to them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Were amazed - Amazed at his sudden and remarkable change.

That destroyed - That opposed; laid waste; persecuted. Compare Galatians 1:13.

For that intent - With that design, that he might destroy the church at Damascus.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 9:21. Is not this he that destroyed them — οπορθησας. The verb πορθειν has three acceptations in the Greek writers:

1. To treat one as an enemy, to spoil him of his goods.

2. To lead away captive, to imprison.

3. To slay.

Paul was properly πορθων, a destroyer, in all these senses.

1. He acted as the most determined enemy of the Christians: Being exceedingly mad against them, he persecuted them to strange cities, Acts 26:11.

2. He shut up many of the saints in prison, Acts 8:3; Acts 9:14; Acts 26:10.

3. He persecuted them unto death-gave his voice against them that they might be destroyed, and was a principal instrument in the martyrdom of Stephen. He breathed threatenings and slaughter. See Acts 7:58; Acts 8:1; Acts 9:1; Acts 26:10-11.

Therefore these three meanings of the original word are all exemplified in the conduct of Saul.